Print on pictorial canvas Measurement: 60x40 cm Material: work printed on very fine grain pictorial canvas Frame: Light brown beech wood and handmade wood pulp
In 165 AD, Emperor Marcus Aurelius enlisted two new legions: the Legio II Italica and the Legio III Italica, in preparation for a major campaign.
Gaius Vettius Sabinianus was the first commander of the legion. Immediately after receiving their eagles, both legions were sent to Pannonia, which was overrun by the Marcomanni.
An inscription from Salona, in Dalmatia, attests to the presence of some detachments of the legion, committed to fortifying that strategic port city. Under the command of Quintus Antistius Adventus, the Legio III Italica took part in the military campaign which aimed to protect Italy from the Germanic tribes.
In 170 AD, the legion probably attacked the Germanic tribes under the command of the subsequent emperor Pertinax and partly succeeded in expelling the invaders from the provinces of Rhaetia and Noricum.
